Gaza gunfight stops thousands from crossing the border

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GAZA Busloads of Palestinians joined thousands of other people who tried to force their way through the Gazan Rafah border crossing with Egypt yesterday. A man suffered a fatal heart attack and five people were wounded by gunfire, medical workers said.

The crossing, Gaza’s only link to the outside world that does not pass through Israel, is often closed by Israeli authorities who control access of European monitors. The chaos forced the crossing to be closed. Flocking to a rare opening of the frontier, about 6,000 people turned up at the Gaza side of the crossing, creating a crush at